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Apple May Kill Google Maps in iOS 6News from PCWorld: By Jared Newman, PCWorld    May 11, 2012 8:41 AM Apple may finally ditch Google Maps in favor of its own mapping software for the next version of iOS, according to an unconfirmed report. Citing “trusted sources,” 9to5Mac reports that a new Maps app will [...]

Apple, Google, Intel fail to dismiss staff-poaching lawsuitNews from Reuters: Customers enter the Apple flagship retail store to purchase the new iPad in San Francisco, California in this March 16, 2012 file photograph. Credit: Reuters/Robert Galbraith/Files …………… continues on Reuters … Read the full article . Related News: Little Apple: Rumors swirl of iPad miniNews [...]

Google project could widen gap in Kansas City between computer haves and have notsNews from Kansas City Star: Gail Hampton sees a lot in what the Internet has to offer. It’s a way to learn about the world, to make life more convenient, to be part of the Information Age.But she lost her computer when [...]

Google reportedly hired away Apple senior director for ‘secret project’News from Apple Insider: By Josh Ong Published: 09:00 AM EST (06:00 AM PST) A new report claims Google has managed to hire away Apple’s senior director of product integrity to work on a “secret project” in its highest-level recruitment pull from its rival. VentureBeat claims [...]

Senate notes: Schmidt’s Apple plug, Google piracy issuesNews from CNET: Google Chairman Eric Schmidt types away on his MacBook just prior to giving his testimony in a Senate hearing. He must have forgotten the Chromebook at home (Click on photo to see a roundup about Schmidt’s testimony). (Credit: Greg Sandoval/CNET) WASHINGTON–Google and Apple are supposed [...]

HTC Challenges Apple with Google PatentsNews from Mobiledia: By Kendra Srivastava | Thu Sep 08, 2011 12:01 pm HTC filed another suit against Apple, armed with new patents given to it by Google, in a proxy fight to protect the Android. Google gave HTC nine patents to fight Apple, as the Internet giant moves to [...]

Moves by HP, Google further marginalize the traditional PCNews from USA Today: SAN FRANCISCO – Steve Jobs’ bombshell resignation as CEO. Hewlett-Packard’s abdication of its multibillion-dollar PC group. Google’s $ 12.5 billion purchase of Motorola Mobility. Dell’s wobbly sales forecast. Illustration by Kris Kinkade, USA TODAY, Photos from Apple, Toshiba and Verizon Illustration by Kris [...]

Google, Pfizer, Vizio, Zynga, Apple, Sturgis, CBS: Intellectual Property News from Bloomberg: Google Inc. (GOOG), the biggest maker of smartphone software, agreed to buy Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. for $ 12.5 billion in its largest acquisition, gaining mobile patents and expanding in the hardware business. Motorola Mobility, under pressure from activist investor Carl Icahn to [...]

Google Lashes Out Against Apple, Microsoft Patent “Conspiracy” News from Search Engine Land: Google’s Chief Legal Officer David Drummond has lashed out at rivals Apple, Microsoft, Oracle and unnamed others for waging what he says is “a hostile, organized campaign against Android,” using “bogus patents.” Drummond asserts that Google’s rivals have joined together in an [...]

Amazon’s Tablet Is No Threat To Apple, It’s A Huge Threat To Google News from Washington Post: Last September, we got a tip from a source that Amazon was preparing a tablet that would run Google’s Android operating system. The source was a good one — they had also correctly called Amazon releasing their own [...]